12 Responses to “How To Stop Coming Over the Top”

Paul,
This is one of my more favorite tips. As a pretty decent golfer looking for a serious improvement, the description of the more gradual weight shift cured forever my tendency to pull. No doubt that the ‘weight shift’ I was applying was too abrupt and I kept pulling. Was frustrating until I watched this one. I think you should ‘reissue’ this tip for newer members who may not be incluned to ‘dig deep’ into the archives. ;). In any case, the consistency got a big help on the range today with this and I can’t wait to play my match on Sunday.
Kim

Very good. I have tons of pull and stay behind the ball tips. Also, people should be using the dashboard to find any of these swing flaws. I am trying to make the site very easy to navigate. The dashboard should solve this problem. Not sure if you are using it to its fullest. Glad you found it though.

Not sure what shots you are hitting with the weight on your forward foot. I am only hitting punch shots and chips. Chips it doesn’t matter as you are doing your putting stroke. Dropping the ball back your stance allows the club to hit the ball sooner in the arc counteracting the over the top swing.

Excellent reminder of rotation not lateral shift. I definitely added this one to my “to do list” on the Dashboard. I will be doing a video lesson with Pete, and I will be interested to see if I do a gradual weight shift.

I got your rotation over sliding idea at ‘hello’ in you earlier tips, videos, and book. Huge help for me. Results, to a large degree, were immediate. Bye bye slice -forever. This tip gives a very short and clear picture of the whole concept. Where the faux pas begin, and how to get away from them. Well done. This one should really help people. If I had to try and explain this to anybody, it would be like this. Keep up the fine work Paul.

My club pro told me back when I was about 18 or 19 years old that I had the biggest slide he had ever seen in his career. I wish someone told me the touch the legs position back then. I would have fixed it in a few days. I took me all day every day for 2 months to fix it. It’s a turn and a shift but you don’t have to think about shifting as that happens on its own. So much easier thinking this way.

No it is bent but it is straightening. I am straightening it as soon as I start down but the downswing is only 1/4 of a second to impact. So if you start to straighten it from the top down it will still be bent at impact.

Hi Paul,
Love this tip. I think it is critical for those of us that have been “coming over the top” for years. I have heard that expression literally dozens of times, but no one ever explained “over the top of what?” Now, for the first time, I know what it means and what they have been talking about.